THE FORBIDDINGWestern
Desert (below), driestpart of the
vast Sahara,comprises some two
thirds of Egypt's land. In parts of this
hyperarid desert, generationspass
without a rain.
Yet with the discovery of reservoirs
of additionalundergroundwater south
of Kharga, Dakhla, and Farafra
Oases, the late PresidentAnwar Sadat
announced lastyear a five-year plan
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